What causes brain freeze, this miserable spoiler of frozen desserts? The answer is simple: survival instinct. When humans eat something very cold, blood vessels in the roof of the mouth (also known as ...

Belief is your safe passage—the door through which all healing resides. Why? Because your perception is your reality.

A new class of non-opioid drugs treats pain by blocking signals before they reach the brain, reducing the risk of addiction.

Capsaicin triggers nerve receptors in your mouth which send signals to the brain that it interprets as pain. Wow ... aka brain freeze. Eventually your body stabilizes back to 98.6 degrees.

You may know it better as a brain freeze or ice cream headache ... This prevents the SPG from sending pain sensations and causing changes in the blood vessels and brain that cause pain.